MONDEO FRONT TOP SUSPENSION MOUNT

HI CAN ANYONE HELP ME WITH A PROBLEM ON MY MK3 MONDEO I HEARD A LOUD BANG WHIST TRAVELLING ON MOTORWAY AND AFTER INSPECTION FOUND ON THE FRONT COIL SPRING THE TOP SUSPENSION MOUNT APPEARS TO HAVE BROKEN AWAY HOW DO I REPLACE IT OR WOULD IT BE A GARAGE JOB THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY DAMAGE TO THE COIL SPRING OR THE STRUT APART FROM THE DUST COVER AND MOUNT ARE MOVABLE UP AND DOWN THE STRUT[/color]

HI CAN ANYONE HELP ME WITH A PROBLEM ON MY MK3 MONDEO I HEARD A LOUD BANG WHIST TRAVELLING ON MOTORWAY AND AFTER INSPECTION FOUND ON THE FRONT COIL SPRING THE TOP SUSPENSION MOUNT APPEARS TO HAVE BROKEN AWAY HOW DO I REPLACE IT OR WOULD IT BE A GARAGE JOB THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY DAMAGE TO THE COIL SPRING OR THE STRUT APART FROM THE DUST COVER AND MOUNT ARE MOVABLE UP AND DOWN THE STRUT[/color]

Same happened me yesterday......you will probably find the very top end of the spring has broken off as this holds the bearing in place (thats what you can move).Luckily Fords had a v6 spring in stock (Â£52 all in,thats with 30% discount)....its not actually the mount you need but the mount bearing(Â£10 all in with discount)....As for changing,what a b*****d.

Stripped all the brakes off....and everything connected to the strut....took the strut+spring and knuckle out in one piece.The spring because of its shape was a bugger to hold in a hydralic spring compressor so resorted to old fashioned spring compressors....all back together again but its hard work.